Year: 2006
Schizophreniform Belief?
Posted on July 14, 2006 in Bipolar Disorder
People actually think being bipolar is cool?
Knights of the Road
Posted on July 13, 2006 in Driving
Between about one and three am, there’s a lull in traffic. A few tail lights and a few headlights bounce between the comet trails of speed bumps. The beauty of it is something like the feeling you get when you walk into an empty house and touch the bare white walls with your eyes.
Shortly after 3 the city gets on the move again. Dozens of headlights challenge your passing. You slay these knights of the road by going on.
Pigeon People
Posted on July 12, 2006 in Psycho-bunk Social Justice
Instead of paychecks, they will give us the promise that we won’t be punished if we do the work.
Shrooms
Posted on July 12, 2006 in Psychotropics
I can just imagine the line that showed up for the clinical trials
The Music: Carmen
Posted on July 11, 2006 in Driving
There is something about going down a road with stretches so long and deserted that you can see the next car coming at you from half a mile away. I saw a coyote pass in front of me last night, here next to the Irvine Ranch lands and the gravel pits. I didn’t have my glasses on so all I saw was a low, gray blur.
Tonight, I saw no coyote. Just the moon which looked like a bright lamp shining through a double-over piece of mosquito netting. I marked its acned face as it found the dark silhouette of hills and peeked over them.
There were many cars, almost like a lesser city street. And Don Jose fingered his balls while he sang of his lust for the Woman of the Ram.
The Limit
Posted on July 11, 2006 in DBSA Support Groups and Conferences Responsibility Therapy
Some tell me that I should become a therapist. I say that I can’t because to do so would entail my losing the comradery I have with my fellow bipolars. I know of one bipolar who is being educated in a therapy profession. It worries me that this person will soon be in the position of a therapist in a support group with me. Will her point of view be held up above others just because she is a therapist? What can I do about that?
Traitor Heart
Posted on July 11, 2006 in Coronary
Not everyone who saw will agree, but which of them could see into my heart? My heart IS the root of the question. You see, when I get a little stimulated, the blood flow through my coronary arteries increases. Problem is that I have a congenital defect. The arteries are narrower than they should be. This means that I begin to shake with very little agitation.
I can forgive how people mistake this for aggression or a prelude to an explosion. Every time I feel puzzled by the reaction, I must recall that most of them do not know. It frustrates me when I am being constantly misread.
New Porkbarrel Initiative?
Posted on July 10, 2006 in Psychotropics
“I’m a businessman and I want to help you.”
The Ignorance Factor
Posted on July 10, 2006 in Gender Liberals & Progressives
This might explain why women vote Democratic and men Republican:
Statistics released by the U.S. Department of Education suggest that men are less likely than women to earn bachelor’s degrees.
Educated people tend to have a better sense of ethics and vote for liberals over conservatives.
Am I Bored?
Posted on July 9, 2006 in Photos Psychotropics
The only things I could do — with difficulty — were take photos and give dictation to my wife.
Until Wednesday
Posted on July 9, 2006 in Routine
There are pines, sharp stones on beaches where Lynn is. Here deep green mugwort shoots up among the yellow grass. I count the hours until Wednesday.
